User Guide

7-12 Track your Buddy (TRACK BUDDY)
You can select a buddy or buddy’s to automatically track their positions. You must setup a
tracklist first and set their track status to ON before buddy track can begin. You can also start
and stop tracking your buddy and add or remove buddies from your buddy tracklist.
7-12-1 Start or stop tracking a Buddy (START TRACK)
Use START TRACK to track the position of a buddy(s) on your TRACKLIST whose status is ON
(see the following section). The buddys position is updated at the interval you select in
INTERVAL (15, 30, or 60 minutes).
Note: START TRACK will only track buddy(s) on your TRACKLIST whose status is ON.
DSC CALL
SENT CALL
LL REQUEST
TRACK BUDD
DSC TEST
TRACK BUDDY
START TRACK
SET BUDDY
TRACKLIST
INTERVAL
START TRACK
SEAROSE OFF
MERMAID ON
SEASPRA ON
START TRACK
YES
NO
MERMAID IV
LL REQUEST
CALLING...
SEASPRAY
LL REQUEST
CALLING...
1. Select DSC CALL then TRACK BUDDY.
2. Select START TRACK. The status of each buddy on your tracklist (ON or OFF) is displayed.
3. Check that the status of the buddy (or buddies) that you want to track is ON, then press
ENT.
4. Select YES then press ENT to start tracking (in this example, MERMAID IV and SEASPRAY.)
An LL Request is sent to each buddy on CH70 and your radio waits for your buddy’s LL
position to be displayed on the LCD. See Section 7-20 for more information.
(Select NO in the START TRACK page to STOP tracking your buddies.)
7-12-2 Select a Buddy to Track (SET BUDDY)
DSC CALL
SENT CALL
LL REQUEST
TRACK BUDD
DSC TEST
TRACK BUDDY
START TRACK
SET BUDDY
TRACKLIST
INTERVAL
SET BUDDY
SEAROSE OFF
MERMAID OFF
SET BUDDY
MERMAID IV
ON
OFF
1. Select DSC CALL then TRACK BUDDY.
2. Select SET BUDDY to show the status of each buddy on your tracklist (ON or OFF).
3. Select the buddy whose status you want to change, then select the new status and
press ENT to confirm.
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